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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Yeah, I'm gonna guess that you've never been to a country that is primarily Buddhist, because if you had, you'd probably realize how rediculous it is to think that the monks will rise to power and rule the country in their own interests.
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I don't know...just b/c you're a Buddhist culture doesn't mean you aren't capable of acting inappropriately.
I don't think that Tibet in the early part of the 20th Century was a model of social equality...
I'm not condoning anything that China is doing...just saying that it wasn't sunshine and lollipops for your average Tibetan even before the latest Chinese occupation